Thursday, May 31, 2007

okay -- the first tidbits of whatmay be in libby's-support-lettersemerge -- this evening -- as team libbyjust meets judge walton's 5 p.m.deadline for filing their positionson proposed sentencing calculations,and the sentencing memorandum, of thegovernment (each of which were filed last week, friday -- here, and here). . .

this -- from page nine of the memobears some close reading [click to enlarge]:

the letter from which this wasquoted may well be one deservingof some redaction, so i will notspeculate about identities -- no,as to the incident, i'll patiently wait to match the above-quoted, towhatever is made available on -- or after june 5, 2007. . .

that said. . . i think it permissibleto speculate about how this incidentmight have influenced the arc of scooter'slater trajectory -- and his life -- since then. . .

so, i cannot help wondering whetherscooter "went to school" in somemeasure on this case, especiallyinsofar as it might have helpedhim learn where the absolute edgeof "a policy disagreement" becomes,well. . . "a leak to a newspaper". . .

all content: (cc) 2007-08

the buddha said

IN LIGHT OF THE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF “A HIGHER INVOLVEMENT” IN I. LEWIS SCOOTER LIBBY’S PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE -- AND THEN THE JULY 2, 2007 PRISON SENTENCE AND IMMEDIATE, BREATH-TAKING JULY 2, 2007 PRESIDENTIAL COMMUTATION OF THAT SENTENCE -- IT IS HIGH TIME TO EXAMINE THE MERITS OF INDICTING THE VICE PRESIDENT, DICK CHENEY, AS THE LEADER OF A CONSPIRACY TO MISUSE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, AND COMPROMISE C.I.A. OPERATIVES — ALL FOR PARTISAN POLITICAL RETRIBUTION.